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Offensive coordinator Greg Roman, surprisingly, is among the most polarizing 49ers personalities in the last few years. He often gets filleted for his game-planning and play-calling despite his obvious brilliance in both areas. With that in mind, here are the good and bad plays in Sunday’s 23-20 49ers win over Arizona. Roman is not singled […]
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Rogers, who was injured in the final minute of last week’s 23-20 loss to the Cardinals, insisted his injury wasn’t severe. He underwent an MRI on Monday and the National Football Post reported the results were “not promising.”
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Green Bay finished the regular season 25th in rushing yards allowed per game (125.0) and 28th in yards allowed per attempt (4.6). An ominous sign entering their meeting against the 49ers: They morphed from average to awful as the season progressed.
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Given his background, Dawson is well-equipped for a 3:40 p.m. (CST) kickoff Sunday in Green Bay, where the National Weather Service if forecasting a high of a high near 15 degrees with the temperature dropping to -4 at night.
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(UPDATE: The 49ers released a statement from Jim Harbaugh: “It is with great emotion, pride and excitement that we wish Tim Drevno continued success in his professional journey at The University of Southern California. Coach Drevno and I have partnered for the last decade at The University of San Diego, Stanford University and the San […]
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The 49ers obviously take a healthy dose of momentum into Sunday’s playoff opener in Green Bay — six consecutive wins to end the regular season, culminating in Sunday’s 23-20 road victory over the Cardinals. But they also take a vulnerable and injury-depleted secondary. And that’s not a good thing with Aaron Rodgers and Co. up […]
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With their second-place finish in the NFC West, the 49ers’ final two 2014 opponents were determined Sunday: They will host the Bears, the runners-ups in the NFC North, and visit the Saints, who finished second in the NFC South. The 49ers’ 2014 schedule will include seven games against 2013 playoff teams, which, at this point, […]
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The 49ers get the best draw possible for next weekend’s playoffs. The team will be involved in the last playoff game of the weekend, a 1:40 p.m. local time start in Green Bay. The team will now have a full week to prepare for the Packers and not have to go with back-to-back short weeks […]
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In Sunday’s 23-20 win over Arizona, Carson Palmer threw for 407 yards and two touchdowns to help the Cardinals erase a 17-0 first-quarter hole. In Week 16, Atlanta’s Matt Ryan had 348 yards and two scores in a 34-24 loss to the 49ers.
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From Chronicle colleague Scott Ostler: The Quinton Patton legend began before the young man ever arrived in Santa Clara. The 49ers drafted the wideout from Louisiana Tech in the fourth round. Patton was so thrilled he bought himself a plane ticket and was driving to the 49ers headquarters when team officials got wind and ordered […]
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The 49ers sure are glad Anquan Boldin is on their side this season. On Sunday, the 33-year-old wideout made it clear he’s ready to make a second straight Super Bowl run by turning in a virtuoso performance in the 49ers’ 23-2o win over the Cardinals in their regular-season finale. With the win, […]
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – It appears Anquan Boldin is ready to make a second straight Super Bowl run. Led by Boldin’s huge first-half performance – and his high-degree-of-difficulty catches on their final two drives — the 49ers beat Arizona 23-20 on Sunday on Phil Dawson’s 40-yard field goal as time expired. With the win, the 49ers […]
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From pinch-hitting Chronicle colleague Henry Schulman: Mario Manningham’s unsatisfying two years as a 49er might have ended Friday when the team placed him on injured reserve with a knee injury that will keep him out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The 49ers would not confirm that the injury is to Manninghams right […]
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Mario Manningham’s season is over. The 49ers placed the wide receiver on injured reserved Friday due to a lingering knee injury. Manningham has struggled this season after coming back from a torn ACL he sustained last December. He has nine catches for 85 yards in six games this season, with just one catch for two […]
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Before the 2010 draft, then-Stanford offensive coordinator Greg Roman called NFL teams to talk up Jim Dray, an unheralded tight end whose workouts weren’t about to wow anyone. Dray wasn’t fast, had so-so athleticism, collected 13 catches in his final two seasons and had suffered a horrific injury as a sophomore that involved three torn […]
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Christmas disrupted my usual review of the 49ers’ last game. Looking over the second half of the team’s stirring comeback win over Atlanta, here are some plays and players that stood out. -The team is still trending toward the run. The Falcons pressed the 49ers’ three receivers on a 3rd-and-4 play from the Atlanta 14, […]
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Mario Manningham did not practice today, the latest bit of evidence suggesting the 49ers wide receiver is struggling to return from a serious knee injury he sustained last December. Manningham was limited in practice in Wednesday and was on the field for the start of today’s practice before exiting during the individual period, about 10 […]
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Whitner said today he won’t be fined for his shot on running back Steven Jackson in a 34-24 win over the Falcons on Monday. Whitner was flagged for unnecessary roughness after he broke up a second-quarter screen pass by drilling Jackson in the upper torso with his shoulder. Whitner was subsequently flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for protesting the call.
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